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On Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:41:52 PM Stroller wrote: |
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> On Wed, 17 September 2014, at 12:31 pm, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> |
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wrote: |
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> >> ... |
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> >> In this case the USB is being used as an ethernet connection - you're |
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> >> simply asking for the routing to occur in the opposite direction. |
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> > |
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> > Helmut is trying to do the opposite. |
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> > He wants the mobile phone to use the internet connection of his desktop. |
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> That's what I wrote - that he's "simply asking for the routing to occur in |
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> the opposite direction". |
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> My Android appears to allow networking over its USB connection in both |
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> directions - I attach two screenshots. |
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> The first attached screenshot is of the "Wireless and networks" menu, which |
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> is accessed directly from "Settings". |
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> As you can see there is a "Tethering & portable hotspot" submenu (second |
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> attached screenshot), but at the bottom there is also a tickbox "USB |
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> Internet - Sharing Windows PC internet via USB cable". |
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> If you look also at the second attached screenshot, "Tethering & portable |
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> hotspot", you will see that "USB tethering - USB connected, tick to tether" |
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> is a separate menu item. |
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> When I initially read your email and glanced at my phone, the "Sharing |
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> Windows PC internet via USB cable" item was greyed out. The words became |
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> solid when I plugged the USB cable in. I have not tested it further, but I |
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> have to assume that these two menu options perform reciprocal functions. |
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Which phone is that? |
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On my Galaxy S4, that option does not exist. Not even when connected via USB. |
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